Undated photographs of Charles Richardson as a child
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Undated, black and white photographs and negatives of Charles Richardson as a child, mostly at home in the garden of Bedegar's Lea, but also on the beach.
Black and white and colour photographs of Charles Richardson as a teenager and as an adult. These images include a photograph of Charles with Ralph at the zoo, with Meriel, in a large school photograph with other pupils, and headshots as an adult. The folder also includes a Wallace Heaton Lt...
Photographs (colour and monochrome) depicting Ralph Richardson's pets. Animals depicted include: a terrier dog identified as Pussy a grey cat identified as Kittie Wee a brown and white rat in a cage a green parrot identified as Birdie a hamster a pug dog identified as Puggins a black cat iden...
Black and white photographs depicting unidentified figures from the late 19th and early 20th century. These may be depict relatives of Ralph or Meriel, but the images are unannotated.
Photographs of Cedric Hardwicke, Alexander Korda and Robert Morley
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Photographs depicting friends and colleagues of Ralph and Meriel. These may have been collected by or sent to Ralph. This folder contains: five photographs of Cedric Hardwicke - an autographed headshot, an image of Cedric with his wife, Pixie, next to an aeroplane, a headshot of Cedric in char...
Photographs of Laurence Olivier and Christine Shackleton
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Photographs depicting two of Ralph Richardson's closest friends. These may have been collected by or sent to Ralph. This folder contains: ten photographs depicting Laurence Olivier, including - an autographed headshot dedicated to Ralph, Olivier in costume as King Lear, Othello, Iago, Mercutio...
Photographs sent to or collected by Ralph Richardson depicting friends and their families or images captured on their holidays. This folder includes: two photographs of Frank Benson one signed photograph postcard of Harcourt Williams two photographs of J B Priestley one photograph of Angus McBe...
Additional photographs depicting various scenes, and photographic copies of Ralph's drawings and writings. This folder includes: a photograph of a flying aeroplane two copies of a photograph of Ralph's first Rolls Royce car a photograph of a convertable car on an airfield identified as a Green...
Theatrical headshots depicting Ralph Richardson as a young man. These mostly show Ralph out of character and were probably distributed to agents and fans. One image includes Ralph's autograph. Many of these images are marked with the copyright of the photographer or their organsiation, includi...